Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Allie, c. 1873 somers bros but now they are just

but now they are just as is

Great old black and gold painted surface

The game is played by removing the blank square and mixing up the other numbered squares

but all of the parts seem still to be in place and I think it's really a fabulous piece

Seems to me this one would make a pretty unforgettable gift

Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Allie, c. 1873 somers bros but now they are justFour of these I found together, only one of them dated on the back, locating them all I think in 1873. It seems they may each have been done by a different school girl each with a different name signed to the back, as well as a different subject named on the front. (Perhaps collected by a teacher?) A customer recently noted to me that naive drawings of this sort make her heart beat faster and the same is true for me, just pure joy. And hard to beat